Secondary autoimmune syndrome and immunomodulating lymphotropic therapy in acute pancreatitis
Zaĭrat'iants, O.V.; Kolobov, S.V.; Iarema, I.V.; Shevchenko, V.P.
Arkhiv Patologii 64(6): 51-56
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-1955 PMID: 12534231 Document Number: 546389
Immune status and condition of regional lymphoid tissue were studied in 28 patients with various forms of acute pancreatitis untreated with immunomodulating therapy and in 12 patients receiving combined therapy including lymphotropic regional therapy with T-activin. Acute pancreatitis patients were found to have aquired immunodeficiency, secondary autoimmune syndrome and reaction of toxic immune complexes the severity of which decreased under the action of T-activin therapy.